Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The Worlds Best Poetry. Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | III. Adversity | The Last Leaf | Alexander Pushkin (17991837) |
| From the Russian by John Pollen
Ya Perezhil Svoï Zhelanya |
| I VE overlived aspirings, | |
My fancies I disdain; | |
The fruit of hollow-heartedness, | |
Sufferings alone remain. | |
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Neath cruel storms of Fate | 5 |
With my crown of bay, | |
A sad and lonely life I lead, | |
Waiting my latest day. | |
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Thus, struck by latter cold | |
While howls the wintry wind, | 10 |
Trembles upon the naked bough | |
The last leaf left behind. | | |
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